Yes that is my old satellite dish. I tried to give it away, nobody wanted it. Let's see if it makes a good redneck cook-top.
I was up by 5:30 this morning to make a batch of biscuits for breakfast in my new Dutch Oven. I have never cooked with this method before so I wanted to try it on Mary and me first. They were done much quicker than the directions I had said to cook them. That was OK because I checked them at just the right time.
Some of the recipes I read said you figure briquettes at 25 degrees each, others said to use another formula. It is to use the number of briquettes equal to your oven diameter plus three for the top and minus three for the bottom, ie; 10" oven = 13 on top and 7 under. My calculations showed that to be 500 degrees, 20 briquettes x 25 degrees each. Maybe that is why they cooked quicker.
They still came out good. The recipes warn they will not be light and fluffy as it is a cowboy method. Anyway I'll try some meat another time. For more photos take a look at the previous blog: Dutch Oven Cooking
